# 1988 All England Open Badminton Championships

The 1988 Yonex All England Open Championships was the 78th edition held in 1988, at Wembley Arena, London. In the men's singles Ib Frederiksen became the first unseeded player to win an All England singles title since the seeding system was introduced.

## Final results

| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Ib Frederiksen | Morten Frost | 8–15, 15–7, 15–10 |
| Women's singles | Gu Jiaming | Lee Young-suk | 11–2, 11–2 |
| Men's doubles | Li Yongbo & Tian Bingyi | Jalani Sidek & Razif Sidek | 15–6, 15–7 |
| Women's doubles | Chung So-young & Kim Yun-ja | Chung Myung-hee & Hwang Hye-young | 15–8, 9–15, Ret. |
| Mixed doubles | Wang Pengren & Shi Fangjing | Jesper Knudsen & Nettie Nielsen | 15–9, 18–13 |

## Men's singles
### Seeds

* Morten Frost
* Zhao Jianhua
* Eddy Kurniawan
* Zhang Qingwu
* Darren Hall

### Section 1

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Ib Frederiksen | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chong Weng Kai | 5 | 9 | | Frederiksen | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Pierre Pelupessy | 10 | 15 | 15 | Palupessy | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Claus Overbeck | 15 | 9 | 3 | | | | | Frederiksen | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Michael Kjeldsen | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Kjeldsen | 5 | 5 | | | |
| Lius Pongoh | 7 | 3 | | Kjeldsen | 18 | 10 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Foo Kok Keong | 15 | 15 | | Foo | 14 | 15 | 9 | | | | | | |
| Peter Lund | 8 | 12 | | | | | | | | | Frederiksen | 15 | 15 |
| Jens Peter Nierhoff | 7 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | Nierhoff | 10 | 11 |
| Ardy Wiranata | 15 | 8 | 4 | Nierhoff | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Sze Yu | 15 | 15 | | Sze Yu | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Jorgen Tuvesson | 11 | 5 | | | | | | Nierhoff | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Park Sung-bae | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Sing-bae | 9 | 1 | | | |
| Razif Sidek | 5 | 4 | | Sung-bae | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Zhao Jianhua | 15 | 15 | | Jianhua | 12 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Shuji Matsuno | 12 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Morten Frost | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kwan Yoke Meng | 4 | 1 | | Frost | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Pär-Gunnar Jönsson | 14 | 15 | 15 | Jönsson | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Thomas Kirkegaard | 17 | 11 | 10 | | | | | Frost | 17 | 15 | | | |
| Darren Hall | 12 | 15 | 15 | | | | | Hall | 15 | 4 | | | |
| Sung Han-kook | 15 | 11 | 4 | Hall | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Vimal Kumar | 18 | 15 | | Kumar | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Peter Axelsson | 13 | 7 | | | | | | | | | Frost | 15 | 18 |
| Eddy Kurniawan | 6 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | Kurniawan | 4 | 13 |
| Mike Butler | 15 | 2 | 8 | Kurniawan | 10 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Jans Andersen | 15 | 15 | | Andersen | 15 | 3 | 8 | | | | | | |
| Harald Klauer | 11 | 3 | | | | | | Kurniawan | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Nick Yates | 9 | 15 | 15 | | | | | Yates | 4 | 10 | | | |
| Prakash Padukone | 15 | 7 | 8 | Yates | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Zhang Qingwu | 15 | 15 | | Qingwu | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Hiroki Etoh | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Women's singles
### Seeds

* Han Aiping
* Hwang Hye-young
* Kirsten Larsen
* Zheng Yuli
* Sumiko Kitada
* Qian Ping
* Gu Jiaming
* Lee Young-suk

### Section 1

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Gu Jiaming | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hideyo Noguchi | 9 | 2 | | Jiaming | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Christine Magnusson | 11 | 12 | | Magnusson | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Sue Louis | 4 | 9 | | | | | | Jiaming | 11 | 12 | | | | |
| Helen Troke | 11 | 8 | 11 | | | | | Troke | 4 | 10 | | | | |
| Hwang Hye-young | 3 | 11 | 8 | Troke | 1 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 | | Susanti | 11 | 1 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Eline Coene | 4 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | Jiaming | 11 | 11 |
| Zheng Yuli | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | Yuli | 5 | 4 |
| Monique Hoogland | 1 | 6 | | Yuli | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Christina Bostofte | | | | Bostofte | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Yuli | 1 | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Sumiko Kitada | | | | | | | | Kitada | 11 | 7 | 5 | | | |
| | | | | Kitada | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Gillian Gowers | 9 | 11 | 11 | Gowers | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| irina Rozhkova | 11 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Lee Young-suk | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sara Halsall | 12 | 8 | 2 | Young-suk | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Charlotte Hattens | 11 | 6 | 12 | Hattens | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Kho Mei Hwa | 4 | 11 | 10 | | | | Young-suk | 11 | 0 | 11 | | | |
| Han Aiping | 11 | 11 | | | | | Aiping | 6 | 11 | 6 | | | |
| Erica van Dijck | 3 | 7 | | Aiping | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Yooko Koizumi | 10 | 11 | 11 | Koizumi | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Hisako Takamine | 12 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | Young-suk | 11 | 11 |
| Kirsten Larsen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Larsen | 3 | 3 |
| Fiona Elliott | 4 | 6 | | Larsen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Kimiko Jinnai | 11 | 11 | | Jinnai | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Jennifer Allen | 4 | 2 | | | | | Larsen | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Qian Ping | 11 | 11 | | | | | Ping | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| Denyse Julien | 3 | 7 | | Ping | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Julie Munday | 11 | 11 | | Munday | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Kuniko Kitamoto | 8 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |